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    • FinheadF
      Finhead @dankcushions
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      @dankcushions said in lr-mame2003 aspect ratio:

      @Finhead said in lr-mame2003 aspect ratio:

      @dankcushions said in lr-mame2003 aspect ratio:

      @Finhead said in lr-mame2003 aspect ratio:

      @dankcushions This is why I would rather just use Advmame since I don't have the issues with the roms I play. I haven't found one that does not work or play properly. The only reason I thought about changing was the shader effects, rather have playable games than cool effects though. ;)

      i can see this is a bit of a lost cause, but that's the reason there's a runcommand and several arcade emulators so you can pick and choose what core you use for each rom. lr-fba-next runs galaga fine with no warnings, for example. good luck running CPS3 or whatever on advmame!

      What is CPS3? lol

      google cps3.

      FYI I have not found a rom that I play that Advmame doesn't run, and no issues or glitchs that I have found on any so far. Only other emulator I need/want is daphne which is easy to run along with any other emulator under one display in Attract mode. Other than the CRT effect in 2003 I am not missing anything from other mame versions.

      so use the runcommand to switch galaga to lr-fba-libretro and enjoy crt shaders and no warnings. or don't! painful thread.

      Oh and Street fighter, not hard to type out. Not my kinda game so makes Zero diff to me. ;)

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      • caver01C
        caver01 @dankcushions
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        @dankcushions said in lr-mame2003 aspect ratio: lr-fba-next runs galaga fine with no warnings

        True, but it doesn't respect Player 2 controls in cocktail mode. Galaga will rotate for player two in FBA, but you cannot move nor fire from Player 2 controls (the only player 2 controls that actually work are Coin and Start--not sure why those are the only inputs that show up).

        This is way off topic now, but it's another reason why I keep coming back to MAME2003. I would make the code change to disable warnings if I knew how.

        My 4-player cocktail style cabinet built as a custom "roadcase"

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        • dankcushionsD
          dankcushions Global Moderator @caver01
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          @caver01 said in lr-mame2003 aspect ratio:

          @dankcushions said in lr-mame2003 aspect ratio: lr-fba-next runs galaga fine with no warnings

          True, but it doesn't respect Player 2 controls in cocktail mode. Galaga will rotate for player two in FBA, but you cannot move nor fire from Player 2 controls (the only player 2 controls that actually work are Coin and Start--not sure why those are the only inputs that show up).

          interesting! if you're interested in a solution to this i would recommend reporting the issue in the fba forums. unlike a lot of arcade cores used in retropie, fba is under constant development, and is the current version. if there's an issue there's a good chance it can be fixed. however, there is an outside chance that this issue is exclusive to the libretro port, so i would probably try to recreate it on the PC (standalone) version first, before reporting - http://www.fbalpha.com/

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          • RiverstormR
            Riverstorm @dankcushions
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            @dankcushions said in lr-mame2003 aspect ratio:

            so use the runcommand to switch galaga to lr-fba-libretro and enjoy crt shaders and no warnings. or don't! painful thread.

            Just to verify, can you call FBA with the runcommand while in the lr-mame2003 emulator or is that more like what Arcade is for to utilize other emulators from a common interface?

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            • dankcushionsD
              dankcushions Global Moderator @Riverstorm
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              @Riverstorm said in lr-mame2003 aspect ratio:

              @dankcushions said in lr-mame2003 aspect ratio:

              so use the runcommand to switch galaga to lr-fba-libretro and enjoy crt shaders and no warnings. or don't! painful thread.

              Just to verify, can you call FBA with the runcommand while in the lr-mame2003 emulator or is that more like what Arcade is for to utilize other emulators from a common interface?

              the second one: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/MAME#arcade

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              • RiverstormR
                Riverstorm @dankcushions
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                @dankcushions said in lr-mame2003 aspect ratio:

                @Riverstorm said in lr-mame2003 aspect ratio:

                @dankcushions said in lr-mame2003 aspect ratio:

                so use the runcommand to switch galaga to lr-fba-libretro and enjoy crt shaders and no warnings. or don't! painful thread.

                Just to verify, can you call FBA with the runcommand while in the lr-mame2003 emulator or is that more like what Arcade is for to utilize other emulators from a common interface?

                the second one: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/MAME#arcade

                Ah, ok, it seems like Arcade is a really cool concept and would like to try it out.

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                • caver01C
                  caver01 @Riverstorm
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                  @Riverstorm said in lr-mame2003 aspect ratio:

                  Ah, ok, it seems like Arcade is a really cool concept and would like to try it out.

                  I really like the Arcade menu because it simplifies the interface. You don't have multiple MAME and FBA menus, and nobody that plays my cabinet cares (or understands) why one emulator works better than another for a given title--they just want to browse a complete list of games. Otherwise, it's somewhat like "interrupted nostalgia" scrolling through a list of titles and saying to me, "What about Tempest?" or, "Where's Street Fighter II?" and I have to explain how FBA runs Street Fighter better than MAME, yadda yadda yadda. And they say, "What's a MAME?"

                  My 4-player cocktail style cabinet built as a custom "roadcase"

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                  • RiverstormR
                    Riverstorm @caver01
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                    @caver01 said in lr-mame2003 aspect ratio:

                    @Riverstorm said in lr-mame2003 aspect ratio:

                    Ah, ok, it seems like Arcade is a really cool concept and would like to try it out.

                    I really like the Arcade menu because it simplifies the interface. You don't have multiple MAME and FBA menus, and nobody that plays my cabinet cares (or understands) why one emulator works better than another for a given title--they just want to browse a complete list of games. Otherwise, it's somewhat like "interrupted nostalgia" scrolling through a list of titles and saying to me, "What about Tempest?" or, "Where's Street Fighter II?" and I have to explain how FBA runs Street Fighter better than MAME, yadda yadda yadda. And they say, "What's a MAME?"

                    Agreed! :) They just want to play "that-one-game-where...".

                    I would ditto an option for turning off warnings, etc. I think options are a win-win that allows users to tailor a cabinet to fit like a glove. I like when you can say "The devs thought of everything!" ;)

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                    • caver01C
                      caver01 @dankcushions
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                      @dankcushions said in lr-mame2003 aspect ratio:

                      interesting! if you're interested in a solution to this i would recommend reporting the issue in the fba forums.

                      Well, at long last, something is amiss with trying to register on that FBA forum you mentioned. I tried multiple times to get that forum to send me confirmation so I could even report the cocktail controls issue. I never got a register message (not in spam etc.). Bummer. Hard to post an issue if their site won't let you register.

                      My 4-player cocktail style cabinet built as a custom "roadcase"

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                      • dankcushionsD
                        dankcushions Global Moderator @Riverstorm
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                        @Riverstorm said in lr-mame2003 aspect ratio:

                        @caver01 said in lr-mame2003 aspect ratio:

                        @Riverstorm said in lr-mame2003 aspect ratio:

                        Ah, ok, it seems like Arcade is a really cool concept and would like to try it out.

                        I really like the Arcade menu because it simplifies the interface. You don't have multiple MAME and FBA menus, and nobody that plays my cabinet cares (or understands) why one emulator works better than another for a given title--they just want to browse a complete list of games. Otherwise, it's somewhat like "interrupted nostalgia" scrolling through a list of titles and saying to me, "What about Tempest?" or, "Where's Street Fighter II?" and I have to explain how FBA runs Street Fighter better than MAME, yadda yadda yadda. And they say, "What's a MAME?"

                        Agreed! :) They just want to play "that-one-game-where...".

                        I would ditto an option for turning off warnings, etc. I think options are a win-win that allows users to tailor a cabinet to fit like a glove. I like when you can say "The devs thought of everything!" ;)

                        you've all twisted my arm :) i've added the option. re-install from source via retropie menu and it should be available. details: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/lr-mame2003#skip-warnings-screen

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                        • caver01C
                          caver01 @dankcushions
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                          @dankcushions no kidding? Thanks! I will try it now.

                          My 4-player cocktail style cabinet built as a custom "roadcase"

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                          • caver01C
                            caver01
                            last edited by caver01

                            Went into retroarch menu and set skip warnings to enabled. Works great! Thanks for dzoing that.

                            My 4-player cocktail style cabinet built as a custom "roadcase"

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                            • RiverstormR
                              Riverstorm @dankcushions
                              last edited by

                              @dankcushions said in lr-mame2003 aspect ratio:

                              you've all twisted my arm :) i've added the option. re-install from source via retropie menu and it should be available. details: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/lr-mame2003#skip-warnings-screen

                              Thanks Dank, this is great!! The MAME gods have smiled upon us! I do feel those little golden rays of sunshine beaming down on us! :)

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